<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>vfs_dirsort</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" title="vfs_dirsort"><a name="vfs_dirsort.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>vfs_dirsort &#8212; Sort directory contents</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">vfs objects = dirsort</code></p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a name="id266340"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This VFS module is part of the
	<a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The <code class="literal">vfs_dirsort</code> module sorts directory
	entries alphabetically before sending them to the client.</p><p>Please be aware that adding this module might have negative
	performance implications for large directories.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="EXAMPLES"><a name="id266827"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>Sort directories for all shares:</p><pre class="programlisting">
        <em class="parameter"><code>[global]</code></em>
	<a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VFSOBJECTS" target="_top">vfs objects = dirsort</a>
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="VERSION"><a name="id266858"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.3 of the Samba suite.
	</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a name="id266868"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
	were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
	by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
	to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p></div></div></body></html>
